A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman at the entrance of a residential area under Covid-19 lockdown in the Changning district of Shanghai on June 11, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A health worker collects samples from a young girl to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Pudong district of Shanghai on June 11, 2022. (Photo by Liu Jin/AFP Photo)





Health workers walk on a street in the Changning district of Shanghai on June 11, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Health workers are seen in a cabin where swab samples are taken in the Jing' an district of Shanghai on June 12, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A health worker in a cabin takes a swab sample from a woan on a street in the Jing' an district of Shanghai on June 12, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A man plays the violin on a street in the Jing' an district of Shanghai on June 12, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask looks at a medical worker in protective gear preparing to collect coronavirus test samples at a closed shopping mall as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Monday, June 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Students write with hard pens during a calligraphy competition at a primary school on June 13, 2022 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Ding Genhou/VCG via Getty Images)





An aerial photo shows Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, an iconic but aging tourist attraction designed like a Chinese imperial palace, being towed out of Aberdeen Harbour on June 14, 2022, after its popularity dimmed in recent years even before the coronavirus hit. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





Roof decorations on the corner tower at the Forbidden City depicting sacred beasts are silhouetted against a supermoon, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Beijing. The moon reach its full stage on Tuesday, during a phenomenon known as a supermoon because of its proximity to Earth, and it is also labeled as the “Strawberry Moon” because it is the full moon at strawberry harvest time. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman carries plastic bags at a residential area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, June 15, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Students sleep in their foldable chairs under the lifted desks at a primary school in Handan in Hebei province Monday, June 13, 2022. The desk-chair set fit for the limited space in the classroom is a new invention with health benefits. Before that, students had to bend their necks to rest their heads on the desks during the compulsory noon nap time. (Photo credit should read HAO QY/ Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





Residents wear masks as they go about their day, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Beijing. Authorities are trying to contain a new outbreak of COVID linked to a nightclub with mass COVID test and closure of restaurants and entertainment centers in the Chinese capital. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A man disinfects the personal protection suit of a medical worker at a nucleic acid testing station, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China, June 16, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A man wearing a face mask drives a cart loaded with bedding and fabric along a street in Beijing, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coloured smoke mark the launch ceremony for China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua via AP Photo)





A security guard wearing a face mask looks out from the window of a public bus in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Commuters wearing face masks walk out from the entrance of a subway station in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A street vendor selling fruit wears a mask as he waits for customers, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Commuters wearing face masks ride across an intersection in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)